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OverviewThe conventional view of Aristophanes bristles with problems. Important testimony for Alcibiades’ paramount role in comedy is consistently disregarded, and the tradition that “masks were made to look like the komodoumenoi, so that before an actor spoke a word, the audience would recognize who was being attacked” is hardly ever invoked. If these testimonia are taken into account, a fascinating picture emerges, where the komodoumenoi are based on the Periclean household: older characters on Pericles himself, younger on Alcibiades. Aspasia, Pericles’ mistress, and Hipparete, Alcibiades’ wife, lie behind many female characters, and Alcibiades’ ambiguous sexuality also allows him to be shown on the stage as a woman, notably as Lysistrata. There is a substantial overlap between the anecdotal tradition relating to the historical figures and the plotting of Aristophanes’ plays. This extends to speech patterns, where Alcibiades’ speech defect is lampooned. Aristophanes is consistently critical of Alcibiades’ mercurial politics, and his works can also be seen to have served as an aide-mémoire for Thucydides and Xenophon. If the argument presented here is correct, then much current scholarship on Aristophanes can be set aside. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael VickersPublisher: De Gruyter Imprint: De Gruyter Edition: Digital original Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9783110437539ISBN 10: 3110437538 Pages: 263 Publication Date: 25 September 2015 Recommended Age: College Graduate Student Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsSomit wird das Buch [...] vor allem Forschern von Nutzen sein, die sich mit der keltischen Uberlieferung fur die Geschichte des Altertums, mit Fragestellungen zur Sprachentwicklung oder mit allgemeinen rezeptionsgeschichtlichen Untersuchungen befassen. Raphael Brendel in: Das Historisch-Politische Buch 65 (2017), 1, S. 40-41 Somit wird das Buch [...] vor allem Forschern von Nutzen sein, die sich mit der keltischen Uberlieferung fur die Geschichte des Altertums, mit Fragestellungen zur Sprachentwicklung oder mit allgemeinen rezeptionsgeschichtlichen Untersuchungen befassen. Raphael Brendel in: Das Historisch-Politische Buch 65 (2017), 1, S. 40-41 Somit wird das Buch [...] vor allem Forschern von Nutzen sein, die sich mit der keltischen Uberlieferung f r die Geschichte des Altertums, mit Fragestellungen zur Sprachentwicklung oder mit allgemeinen rezeptionsgeschichtlichen Untersuchungen befassen. Raphael Brendel in: Das Historisch-Politische Buch 65 (2017), 1, S. 40-41 Author InformationMichael Vickers, Jesus College, Oxford, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |